Has Besigye become Uganda's Assange?
Hearings at Uganda's Supreme Court continue on Wednesday with members of the opposition contesting the recent presidential election results. However, a leading member of Uganda's opposition is conspicuously absent.
Kizza Besigye, leader of the Forum for Democratic Change party, has been under house arrest for almost four weeks since the announcement of results.
"We have now filed a case in the Uganda high court, seeking to enforce my rights," Besigye told RFI, referring to his continued house arrest. "We have not yet received a hearing date for that application," he said in a telephone interview from his home in Kasangati, just outside of Kampala.
In the run-up to Uganda's 18 February election, Besigye was detained several times. He was taken to police stations or his home on a number of occasions, but Ugandan authorities have never filed any charges, according to Besigye. The Ugandan police say Besigye poses a threat to public peace and national security.
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